COMEDY/CABARET: Beth Lisick and Arline Klatte invite a few chosen ones--NPR commentator Dayvid Figler, filmmaker and Webbies founder Tiffany Shlain, Rabbi Alan Lew, Emily Richmond, Nomy Lamm, and Lawrence Bogad--to their monthly storytelling series, Porchlight to tell hilarious, through-provoking, and brief (10 minutes max!) tales of Jews and food. Also, each guest will receive family recipes from each storyteller at the end of the night. Top-notch entertainment recipes? Now that's a bargain!
8 p.m. // JCC East Bay (1414 Walnut, Berkeley) // $8, $12
FILM/OPERA: The San Francisco Opera's production of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's most famous opera, Don Giovanni, hits the big screen at the Castro. Mariusz Kwiecien stars as Don Juan. Elza van den Heever, Twyla Robinson, Claudia Mahnke, Charles Castronovo, Oren Gradus, Kristinn Sigmundsson, and Luca Pisaroni also star.
7:30 p.m. // Castro Theatre (Castro & Market Sts.) // $6-$9
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